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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

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Topic	Name	Date
Economics and Business	Aija Leiponen Professor of Economics	05/17/21
	Leiponen says: “This proposed deal to join AT&T’s and Discovery’s media and entertainment businesses is more validation that there are limited or no synergies between wireless networks and media. “In the past few years, telecom network operators have been acquiring media assets based on an argument that by owning the content, they can better ‘innovate’ new types of media services for 5G and other evolving communication networks. However, this was doubtful to begin with, as there was nothing specific in the acquisition plans that suggested co-ownership would solve some fundamental contracting problems between telecom network and media companies. Now it is becoming clear that whatever innovation has been pursued, customers haven’t much appreciated it – or there hasn’t been any meaningful innovation. “In my view, the telecom and media companies can easily make contractual arrangements to deliver content through wireless networks without one side having to own the other. Telecom ownership of content business adds nothing to the value of the content business, and quite possibly detracts from it through poor strategic management.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: With WarnerMedia deal, AT&T abandons losing strategy (05/17/21)
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine	Luis Schang Professor of Chemical Virology	05/13/21
	“The minimal risk of not using masks or practicing social distancing by vaccinated people is thus now outweighed by the benefits of re-opening the society and economy.” Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: Reopening society pros outweigh risk from those vaccinated and unmasked (05/13/21)
Food & Agriculture , Agriculture and Life Sciences , New York State	Gregory Peck Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Horticulture Section	05/13/21
	“We continue to see new cider apple orchards being planted throughout New York. To support these new plantings, we have been investigating how orchard management can increase fruit quality that ultimately leads to improved ciders for consumers.” Media: Lindsey Hadlock lmh267@cornell.edu 607-269-6911 Related Tip Sheet: How ‘bout them cider apples: NY producers innovate for flavor (05/13/21)
Economics and Business	Mani Sethuraman Assistant professor in the SC Johnson College of Business	05/12/21
	“For a firm such as Coinbase that has just gone IPO in the newly unleashed and poorly understood crypto-economic space, the devil is in the details as the past may not be particularly indicative of the future.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Forget stock price, ‘soft information’ key to Coinbase first earnings (05/12/21)
Law and Policy	Uriel Abulof visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department	05/11/21
	“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not the deadliest, but is the most flammable conflict on earth, with fire starters aplenty. The reignited violence of the past days is no false alarm but a wake-up call to those who believed the conflict can be wished away.” Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: De-escalation up to Israelis and Palestinians, but U.S. can help (05/11/21)
Law, Government & Public Policy	Sarah Kreps Professor of Government	05/05/21
	“Right now, the balance of power between public-private oversight of these fundamental questions of free speech tilts too heavily toward one or two private firms, maybe not for this particular decision but for longer-term healthy functioning of our democratic institutions.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: ‘Who is guarding Facebook’s guardians?’ Lawmakers can step up oversight (05/05/21)
Law and Policy	Chiara Galli Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow	05/04/21
	"Children taken from their parents have been made to apply for asylum alone. Yet children seldom possess the detailed information necessary to successfully file an asylum claim, severely harming their chances of winning asylum." Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: Despite refugee boost and family reunification, Biden has ‘long road to go’ (05/04/21)
Law and Policy	Maria Cristina Garcia Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies	05/04/21
	"While the cap shifts from year to year, the definition of who or what a refugee is does not change, but it should as part of Biden’s plans for sweeping immigration reform." Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: Despite refugee boost and family reunification, Biden has ‘long road to go’ (05/04/21)
Law and Policy	Ian Kysel Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	05/04/21
	"Setting an ambitious goal for the U.S. Refugee Admission Program is an important signal of the Biden-Harris Administration’s intention to reassert a leadership role in the protection of those fleeing persecution." Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: Despite refugee boost and family reunification, Biden has ‘long road to go’ (05/04/21)
Arts and Sciences	Jerel Ezell Assistant Professor in Africana Studies	04/30/21
	“This bill must be reinforced by earnest public engagement and education campaigns on water consumption, particularly in low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities like those in Flint, Michigan which have routinely been subjected to poor tasting water that has been unsafe to drink or bathe in and at times disastrous for their health.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Water bill must be coupled with education campaigns to achieve faith in public water (04/30/21)

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